than the finished, more polished version. george washington up here was never actually anywhere near general mercer when he was killed. on the other hand, this is the only image we have of george washington of trumbull's in an actual battle scene so i'm kind of glad he threw him in there. when you're commander in chief in a major war, you should be in at least one battle scene, right? so we have him to thank for that. most of us know trumbull because four of his paintings from the history series end up in the rotunda. by the 1830s, george washington is in two of them. the surrender of cornwallis at yorktown, and this is the more important one, i told you it would get back to the resignation of washington because it's so important, this is his painting of the resignation of george washington to congress in 1783. the cincinnasin syncinc -- cinc. his eyesight is beginning to falter. the fact that it's a much larger canvas, some of the mastery you saw in the earlier paintings is gone, particularly this. it's gone by the time this is finished and installed. but it's still an important doc

doing here? [ cannon fires in distance ] down! you boys all right? >> yeah. are you general washington? >> i am... unfortunately. >> ♪ my country, 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ land where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ from every mountainside ♪ let freedom ring >> pushed to their limits by an oppressive empire, a determined group of rebels unites under the cause of liberty. their quest for freedom will unify a people, ignite a revolution, and forge a new system of government. in time, these brave men and women will come to be known as the american patriots. >> make all haste, gentlemen. we are being pursued. >> christmas in the newborn united states of america. what should be a time of celebration is instead a time of brutal war, and for george washington, a time of despair. after suffering crushing defeat in new york, the continental army has done nothing but run from the british. americans are losing faith in the revolution and its commander. washington's last hope is a christmas victory. but behind every victory stands a man, and behind every le

seattle. washington will win its first conference title since 2000 and they hope more hardware is headed their way. jake browning hasn't had his best tonight. thankfully for him the o line and the ground game was. short kick taken by one of the young men to the 25. now for colorado's case, they still hope for a rose bowl assuming washington gets into the playoffs. the rose bowl would take the next highest team. >> brady: we'll have to wait and see how the rankings come out sunday night, i believe. at that point in time the hard thing is you look at usc, they have three losses, looking at colorado with three losses. all of a sudden start comparing them. head-to-head play is where it might be the deciding factor. they would pick usc over colorado. >> joe: liufau incomplete behind ross and they said it was a backwards pass and so a loss. a nightmarish evening for liufau who has been such a key part of this turnaround but he is 2 of 12 for 16 yards and three picks. >> brady: five games this season of 50 yards rushing. that puts him with lamarr those three have had that sort of product

. >> are you general washington? >> i am. unfortunately. ♪ my country 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ land of our father's ♪ ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ ♪ from every mountainside let freedom ring ♪ >>> pushed to their limits by an oppressive empire, a determined group of rebels unites under the cause of liberty. their quest for freedom will unify a people, ignite a revolution and forge a new system of government. in time, these brave men and women will come to be known as the american patriots. george washington, the nation's foremost founding father and its first president, a battle-weary and debt-ridden general ready americans are losing faith in the revolution and its commander. washington's last hope is a christmas victory. but behind every victory stands a man. and behind every edge lies the truth. >> the british seize new york and new jersey and hold thousands prisoner. the continental army is battle worn and weary. morale is so low that some actually switch sides. washington needs a win like never before. not just to reinvigorate his troops but to pres

everyone. >> thank you for being here, my name is kirk named the president of george washington we are delighted to have you here for this moment of the ford book talks and i begin by thanking the ford motor company for their enduring partnership. they have done a great deal for us including endowing this book talk series. i am personally pleased to welcome back daniel philbrook who's third time he visited in mount vernon and as many years. were delighted to have them back. highest introduce them because i do that i'm struck by him as a true renaissance man. he has a ba in english from brown university, an ma from american literature reviews the fellow, he was an all-american sailor while i brown university, he, he worked at an editor and ceiling magazine and he wrote and edited several books including -- second wind. he is the author of nick -- it won the national book award for nonfiction, and 2010 he published a book it won a new york times best seller and a 2009 book. it was also a consultant custer's last -- so the good news for everyone here this evening is set in a moment he

freshman interview. elected to represent washington's seventh congressional district and is the first indian-american woman elected to congress. >> tell us about your background. i was born in india and came to the united states when i was 16 years old by myself. my parents had about $5,000 and used the whole thing to send me here for college. so i feel like the opportunity i had to go from that 16-year-old girl by myself to now getting to serve as the congresswoman from the seventh congressional district is really the american dream. it's why i devoted the last 25 years of my life for other people to have that opportunity that i got. >> you're a democrat from washington state. what impact did that experience you had as a young girl have on who you are today? >> it's a huge impact. it is why i have spent so much time working on immigration reform policy. that is what i've done for the last 15 years. i serve in the washington state senate right now. i'm the first southation american woman to be elected to the house of representatives. for me, it brings forward so many of the issues tha

history. coming up artist÷ú depictions o george washington and city's tour looks at the life and work of georgia ymo'keefe. . then a look at world war iiç aircraft and president wood row wilson and later a tour of the ellis island immigration museum and the history of african-ameïm in congress. american artifacts, 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cspan 3.÷úçç why up close view -- princeton university professor officer of democracy and black÷ú arthur of barack obama "the story" watch in depth live on sunday on book tv.zv >> talks about how artist depicted george washington. his presentation includes famous portraits by john trumbull, gilbert÷ú stewart and this is jt over an ymzvçhour. >> something constructive, of course, but also -- notç lightn by any means, but something a little less serious. by that, i mean, there's going to be a lot of visuals in this and iç figure a visual intelligence of something we can -- a little bit acclaim to, for those of you who need the moreu! traditional sort of scaffolding like an outline. we can start off with two pages of that and t

digiacomantonio talks about how artists have depicted george washington, including the famous portraits by john trumbull and others. -- john stuart and horatio greenough. this program is a little over one hour. >> i want to welcome you all to the last time, sadly, to the lunchtime lecture series at u.s. august capital historical society. chuckhe chief historian digiacomantonio. i wanted to end the series with something instructive, of course, but also, not light and frothy by any means, but something a little less serious. for those of you to respond to competitiveness, i have a couple door prizes i will give out at the end to people who can answer a couple questions that might occur during the talk, but mostly this is going to be visual. we are going to wade through two centuries of works of art, mostly paintings, some statuary of george washington portrayed in art. i should say a little bit about myself. i said i am chief historian, i am not an art historian, but anyone who appreciates the of doing city -- history, understands you have to work with art understands that is ho

, george washington has lost one of his most gifted military strategists, general charles lee, and he needs to find a way to get him back. >> you are the continental army. >> charles lee was second in command only to george washington, but lee was captured by the british. at that point the americans needed a major general of the same rank in order to free lee from captivity. >> there was always a gentleman agreement between warring combatants, that you could exchange certain prisoners. the general saw the british occupation of newport as everything that is evil and wrong with the british occupation. so the goal was to capture him and use him as an exchange so general lee could be brought back into the continental army. >> the man washington want is major william barton. jack sisson's new commander. >> major barton was a part of the rhode island command structure and a rhode island native. barton was a leader in his community. he was a well known, established family. men were at ease and comfortable with following him into combat and following his orders. >> barton's plan, cross the na

. >> it is been my honor, thaks for having me. >> good night from new york. sydney. john: washington is a swamp because insiders use their clout to rig the system. >> i need a bailout. john: those who want to compete with the actual entrepreneur said they get politicians to ban competition. but even entrepreneurs get handouts. $500 million from the government from tesla and 500 million for spacex. fortunately there are people fighting against the cronies. >> drain the swamp. john: will present a swamp drained the swamp and fight the cronies? that's our show, tonight. >> and now, john stossel. john: when donald trump talks about the swamp of washington is talking about self-dealing between washington insiders and the politically connected. that comes in many forms. the optic high wall street movement was angry because as they see it wa enables corporate greed. [chanting] corporate greed has got to go. john: corporate welfare, that's a different point those protesters have a lot of silly ideas but they are right to complain about welfare for corporations. after the housing bubble burst

fire me because i asked a question? >> denzel washington's latest movie is "fences," the work of the late august wilson, who chronicled the struggles of black americans. his genius was capturing the sensibilities, the unique cadences of african american life with finely crafted language. >> there's a line i say: "what that mean to me, 'bonnie working'?" >> what that mean to me, "bonnie working"? i don't care if she working. go ask her for $10 if she working. talking about bonnie working. why ain't you working? >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm leslie stahl. >> i'm bill whitaker. >> i'm charlie rose. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories, tonight on "60 minutes." >> cbs money watch, sponsored by american express open, proud supporter of growing businesses. >> good evening. fed chair janet yellen gives a speech tomorrow on the state of the job market. nike reports earnings this week, and a 1993 medal from muhammad ali to nelson mandela sold this weekend for nearly $9,000. i'm elaine quijano, cbs news. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the joy of creating, the joy of giving. pandora jewelry. hand-finished

. washington will win its first conference title since 2000 and they hope more hardware is headed their way. jake browning hasn't had his best tonight. thankfully for him the o line and the ground game was. short kick taken by one of the young men to the 25. now for colorado's case, they still hope for a rose bowl assuming washington gets into the playoffs. the rose bowl would take the next highest team. will that be colorado or usc? and see how the rankings come out sunday night, i believe. at that point in time the hard thing is you look at usc, they have three losses, looking at colorado with three losses. all of a sudden start comparing them. head-to-head play is where it might be the deciding factor. they would pick usc over colorado. >> joe: liufau throws the ball incomplete behind ross and they said it was a backwards pass and so a loss. a nightmarish evening for liufau who has been such a key part of this turnaround but he is 2 of 12 for 16 yards and three picks. >> brady: five games this season of 50 yards rushing. that puts him with lamarr jackson and josh dobbs. those three h

, paintings of 19th century washington, d.c. then our cities tour of pittsburgh visits the andy warhol museum. after that, artists of the american revolution. later, our cities tour of helena, montana, examines the life and work of charles russell. >>> next, artist poort waddell shares his paintings of 19th century washington, d.c. white house events, the u.s. capitol and george washington's home at mt. vernon. this 45-minute event was hosted by the u.s. capitol historical society. >> welcome, everyone, to another scorcher in washington, d.c. my name is chuck. i'm the chief historian here at the u.s. capitol historical society. this is, i believe, our third in our august lunchtime lecture series. we have the pleasure of having an artist with pretenses to being an historian with us today. peter waddell. the society's favorite kiwi. he's from new zealand, but has been artist and resident at tudor place over in georgetown. if you are not familiar with it, i recommend you go over there. it's the ancestral home for the peters family which is descendant from martha washington. they'll intere

opportunity. >> you are a democrat from washington state. what impact did that experience you had as a young girl have on who you are today? >> a huge impact. it is my i have spent so much time working on immigration reform policy. that is what i have done for the last 15 years. i served in the washington state senate right now. i am the first south asian american woman to be elected to the house of representatives. i think for me, it brings forward so many of the issues that immigrants across this country are facing, certainly in the trump administration we will see a lot of efforts to roll been workinge have towards, but i also think that deep desire of people to have the opportunity that includes the founding values of this country, i feel it so strongly. sometimes i think i feel it more strongly than just the person who is next to me who has had that their entire life. it is an incredible honor. >> why do you think it is that you thrive id in that situation as a young girl? >> i had an incredible family. my parents still live in india. i have never been able to have them in the sam

headed back to seattle. washington will win its first conference title since 2000 and they hope more hardware is headed their way. jake browning hasn't had his best tonight. thankfully for him the o line and the ground game was. short kick taken by one of the young men to the 25. now for colorado's case, they still hope for a rose bowl assuming washington gets into the playoffs. the rose bowl would take the next highest team. will that be colorado or usc? >> brady: we'll have to wait and see how the rankings come out sunday night, i believe. at that point in time the hard thing is you look at usc, they have three losses, looking at colorado with three losses. all of a sudden start comparing them. head-to-head play is where it might be the deciding factor. they would pick usc over colorado. >> joe: liufau throws the ball incomplete behind ross and they said it was a backwards pass and so a loss. a nightmarish evening for liufau who has been such a key part of this turnaround but he is 2 of 12 for 16 yards and three picks. >> brady: five games this season of 50 yards rushing. that puts

phone. download the storm team 4 weather app. the nbc washington app. download that now. >> i'm wendy at the live desk. we learned about a crash and a dui arrest near the new mgm casino at national harbor. and the person who was charged is the chairman who oversees liquor county. he's charged with dui and other charges. here he is in a video from a prior story. he was arrested just before midnight last night. only about an hour after the casino opened. he told our prince george's county bureau chief the accident was minor and he blamed his unsteadiness on his age. he is 72. the crash happened at monument avenue at national harbor. it involved three vehicles, no injuries. we're working our sources to learn more information. we'll keep you posted. >> thanks. >>> well, if the rest of prince george's county seems a little quiet today, it's procedure because there's so many people at the new mgm casino. >> it's been packed since the doors opened last night. right now, the parking garage is full, which means nomore people are allowed inside. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkin

and the roads as we inch closer to the holiday weekend here. aaa study says 43% of the washington metro area will be traveling for christmas and new year's holiday. that is more than 2.5 million people on the roads, the rails and in the air. >> final vacation day spending time with family and friends. >> rockefeller center, go shopping, window shopping. what else? >> we're here and we have an appointment to see santa this afternoon at macy's. >> i think gifts have a big role to play in this whole thing so, yeah, no. probably that a "star wars" and just spend some time with them. make some damn memories. >> making memories! >> they're going to be happy and they're going to like it. >> "star wars" and all. >> you know, that's one of the times i'm very, very grateful to have my family in the area. it's really tough to travel around the holidays. it's crowded. i'm staying put. >> i agree. >> yes! >> with your children, probably not but i would like to. >> the perfect idea. yes, let's do that. >> snuggling weather, too. >> what did that guy say again? >> yeah. yeah. memories. >> pretty

him about his career and future plans. greta: congressman jim mcdermott, democrat of washington state, representing the seventh congressional district for 28 years. why did you decide to retire? rep. mcdermott: well, i have seen a lot of my friends die, and i have seen a lot of my friends in the congress lose, and i just decided that there was a time in your life, if there was anything else you wanted to do, i would go do it. in three weeks i will be 80. and i said to myself, if i live to 97, my father is 93, but i don't think i will live that long. there are other things i want to do. i'm not retiring, i'm just going to do other things. greta: what are you going to do? rep. mcdermott: i hope to teach. i have an engagement with the university of washington, the jackson school of international affairs. i paint. painting. i am in the process of writing a book. i'm an editor, and i have been working away on which direction i'm going to go on a book. and there is some places i haven't been. i have been 101 countries in my life, but i have never been to portugal. i have only been to

george washington, thomas jefferson, and john adams. john adams and john wilson singleton copley, the two families became the best of friends. john trumbull lived with thomas jefferson in paris at the american embassy in paris. trumbull was privy to the most intimate aspects of thomas jefferson's life. for actually a while he became a go-between in jefferson's wild romantic pursuit of maria causeway, a married artist to who was in paris at the time. trumbull delivered letters between them showing tremendous discretion. their lives were utterly wrapped up in the events of the revolution. charles willson peale fought. he was in a militia company from philadelphia on the banks of the delaware with washington with his musket and his painting kit. john trumbull was the son of the governor of connecticut and he watched from a distance the firebombing and burning of charlestown at the battle of bunker hill. he became washington's aide-de-camp. he was friends with all of these people. so, it is all of those stories woven together within the book. that was the fun of writing it. what is the bo

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] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2016] watch c-span's "washington journal" live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. brian: robert strauss, author of "worst. president. ever." i will ask you about that in a moment. i want to read your dedication. to my father, samuel who may be -- made me read every historical marker we ever passed, thus assuring me of a lifetime of winning trivia contests and my mother for teaching me how to laugh, especially at myself. explain the father connection. mr. strauss: well, my dad, he saw when i was little, i would pick up a sports page and read every little statistic on it, and so he bought me this book called "facts about the presidents." it is still my favorite book in a certain way. it was like money call for moneyball for presidents. it would have every last line, however long they lived to the day after their inauguration, how long their mother's list, where they came from. anyway, it came this sort of thing for me, i was the "moneyball" kid for presidents as a little kid and they would show me off at parties. but then

. george washington, benedict arnold and the fate of the american revolution. please help me welcome nat philbrick. >> thank you, curt and it's great to be here at mt. vernon. this is such a special place if you've been researching and writing george washington. yachting with parody and yachting with spelled with two a's and no c, explains why it's a parody. but to be here in mt. vernon after writing this book, it begins with washington at -- in new york after a -- as a huge armada of british war ships and transports arrives in new york harbor. more than 400 ships, more than 40,000 sailors and soldiers. that's more people than in philadelphia, than the largest urban center in america. it's like the war of the worlds in which this amazing force arrives at your doorstep. washington had been there at the siege of boston, which i write about in my earlier book, bunker hill. but this is dinner. king george had responded with a real will and washington was-- had never led a big army in a big battle before. this was new for him and it would test his talent and it was after finishing bunker hill

the ways and means committee. mcdermott,essman jim democrat of washington state, representing the seventh congressional district for 28 years. why did you decide to retire? rep. mcdermott: well, i have seen a lot of my friends die, and i have seen a lot of my iriends in congress lose, and just decided that there was a time in your life, if there was anything else he wanted to do, i would go do it. in three weeks i will be 80. if i live toelf, 97 -- i do think i will have that long. there are other things i want to do. i'm not retiring, i'm just going to do with the things. host: what are you going to do? rep. mcdermott: i hope to teach. i have an engagement with the university of washington, the school of international affairs. i paint. in the process of writing a book. i have beenr and working away on which direction i'm going to go on a book. there are some places i haven't been. countries in my life that i have never been to portugal. i have only been to barcelona -- i haven't been to barcelona, spain. paris, france. there are a lot of things i want to do. ski. various parts of

announcer: now, "good morning washington," on your side. we begin with a breaking news alert. autria: to breaking stories that we are following this morning -- a man found dead overnight in alexandria. why he is capturing police attention. larry: and a fiery crash while you were sleeping. sam? sam: good morning. in the last few minutes, some of the apparatus at the clara barton parkway has pulled away. we should expected to open within the next hour or so, this after a major deadly accident took place behind me after glen echo canyon, the circle there, shut down from glen echo canyon down to chain bridge because of this accident. it happened at 1:00 this a tree, and burst into flames. another person was taken to the hospital. investigators have been working the scene. one of your workarounds is macarthur boulevard. julie, what can you tell us? julie: we are waiting to get the road reopened in each direction. macarthur boulevard is a good option for folks coming inbound toward d.c. don't forget about river road comi the clara barton parkway was locked off between glen echo and

. >> how will you balance your work here with your life back home? do you plan to live here in washington and if so, where? rep.-elect fernandez: we have an apartment nearby, my wife and i. we will be traveling back and forth and try to spend as much time in the district as possible to keep hearing people's problems and understand what we need to work for. we don't want to lose touch of our community and its needs. >> tell us about your wife and her influence on you. rep.-elect fernandez: well, she is a school teacher and a principal. she is my rock. she has been a great asset during my campaign and even here, she is sitting right back there. she is a very positive influence. >> representative elect gonzales, we appreciate your time. thank you for talking to c-span. the publican representing 19th district. why did you decide to run for office? > well, like a lot of americans, i was very frustrated union.e state of the and i thought that washington as just broken and dysfunctional, and not solving facing lems that we're in our country. three children, a 5, 4, and 2-year-old and i wanted to

that washington just broken and dysfunctional and not solving the problems that are facing our country. i have three young kids. ive a five-year-old, three-year-old, and now two creerled. and i wanted to make sure they grew up in a safe strong free america. so i have some experience in serving with president bush and being here. i thought that experience would bode well for my district and afe passion for public service. so the comflation of all those things the timing seemed to be right. i prayed about it and felt like i needed to do my part in service to our country. i'm so honors. >> what were you doing before you won this house seat? >> i was president of a health care innovation company that owns a health system but i didn't run the health system. i was starting and deprowing a telemedicine company in one of the ways we were using telemedicine was to bring specialty care in the population center where i'm from to rural communities through partnerships with community hospitals. >> comblow mentioned george w. bush. talk about your experience working for him. >> great friend.

. >>> washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, congressional medal health caucus co-chair representative kim murphy will discuss mental health legislation and the state of mental health care funding and appropriations committee member congressman matt cartwright talks about the democrat's political agenda under president-elect trump. be sure to watch the washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday. join the discussion. >>> we're joined by the washington examiner reporter. this bill authorizes $619 billion in programs and policies. what are some of the key issues authorized by the bill? >> here it is pay raise for the troops, the compromise bill that's going to be on the floor at 2.1% and the president's request for fiscal 2017 was 1.6%. there's also a major shuffle of the requisition shop. there's one on innovation and risk taking and the other on business and not taking risks which was a big priority for senator john mccain in the bill. >> the bill has been in a conference committee since july. the house and sena

democratic party. was president putin behind it? washington suspects he was. and last week, i got a chance to ask him myself. mr president, your country has been accused of state—sponsored hacking with the aim of influencing the result of the us presidential election. president obama revealed that he told you personally to "cut it out". so, what did you tell him, in response? the kremlin leader refused to tell me. dismissing all the talk of hacking as sour grapes from the democratic party. "the losing side always tries to pass the buck", he said. but president obama had decided there was enough evidence to merit retaliation. as well as expelling diplomats, he ordered russian government compounds in new york and maryland to be shut down. us officials believe they were being used for intelligence. washington has announced sanctions against individuals, too. including these russian nationals, wanted by the fbi for cybercrimes. but today, president putin said he would work to restore relations with america under donald trump. what putin and trump expect from each other is a certain kind of d

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lasted four years is drawing to an end. while washington city celebrates the surrender of robert e. lee's confederate army, booth and his co-sporers fought a carefully coordinated triple murder. >> secretary of state is going nowhere soon. to his bed and slow to recover. the nurse. and there's a -- butler. >> you will check into the kirkwood tomorrow morning. vice president johnson's suite is on the first floor. >> no. >> no? >> no. i do not wish. i cannot. >> it is too late, george. we have, all of us, conspired together. >> to capture, yeah. to keep one man. not to murder. >> this is an act of war, and you are stuck to it. it is a tar pit from which you cannot pull away. and when tomorrow night is through and our deed is done, we will, all of us, be known as its authors. i have seen to it. and we will be hailed as heroes. >> we will meet back here tomorrow night, 9:00. harold will pay a visit to the secretary of state, mr. azerot will visit and i will go see a performan performance. and there i will kill a tyrant. >> this is the true story of the killing of abraham lincoln. the first as

think that will help you? >> i think i will be a minority in the senate, to come to washington and get some things done, some areas we can work together to bring jobs to the districts. reformthink immigration is still an important issue that we must address. education and housing are critical issues for families across the district. i hope to tackle these challenges while a minority in congress. are filling the seat of charlie wrangle. what do you hope to build on from his legacy? the late to build on and great clay powell. these are very big shoes to fill. i think i bring my own vision, energy, a new insight on what the district wants. i think that is exciting. i will bring that with me. they certainly have contributed a lot to the nation and this district. i hope i can bring everybody together again and make things happen. affordability is a major hurdle for families. find it very difficult. >> you did challenge representative wrangle. what lessons did you learn from that? he showed me a lot of those races. his rum of experience, it is something to learn from. we have shown you aroun

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washington, tony bennett, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 594! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: come on now, right there. that's a hot crowd. welcome, everybody. welcome to "the tonight show." this is it, baby. [ cheers and applause ] you're here. you made it. well, welcome, everybody -- lo [ cheers ] i love you. i do. i do. you're going to have fun. here's what people are talking about. of course, the big story is about this. the u.s. drone that china captured from the south china sea. donald trump sent a tweet where he meant to call the incident unprecedented but he -- he misspelled it and take a look. "unpresidented." yeah. [ laughter ] ironically, unpresidented is what half the country wishes would happen to trump. but -- that's not a word. [ cheers and applause ] not a word. >> steve: whoa, hey ho! >> jimmy: well, today, the electoral college officially cast its votes for president. and bill clinton actually teared up after voting for hillary, saying that he's never cast a vote he's been prouder of. then h

new air force one planes. for the details karen travers in washington. >> reporter: good morning. it seemed a bit surprising that out of nowhere donald trump went after one of america's biggest companies, but after some digging yesterday, that tweet and his public comments about aircraft giant boeing seemed to be a response to the company's ceo. joining donald trump on his victory lap, his choice to lead the pentagon, retired marine general james mattis. >> the american people are fortunate a man of this be the civilian leader atop the department of defense. >> reporter: earlier tuesday trump blasted boeing, first on twitter, boeing is building a brand-new 747 air force one for future presidents but costs are out of control. more than $4 billion. cancel order and later at trump tower. >> i think it's ridiculous. i think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. >> reporter: the attacks seemed trump's tweet came an hour after boeing's ceo was found criticizing trade on china. now there's no $4 billion deal but boeing has been tapped to produce two new planes to replace the aging aircr

, tonight on "washington week." >> by so many measures our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we started and you can't argue that we aren't better off. susan: barack obama inherited an economy in crisis. eight years later the stock market is strong, the economy is stable and health care has become a reality for millions of previously uninsured americans. but critics, including the president-elect say the recovery has been too slow and too many people have been left behind. >> some of you in this audience were making more money 20 years ago than you're making today and in many cases you have to twobs -- two jocks. susan: as commander in chief, obama gave the order to take out osama bin ladenen and drawn down the troops in iraq and a.f.c. but obama's legacy has been tarn i should by setbacks and failures. the quan tan mo bay prison remains open. the rise of isis and the hugh mane man ontario criticize in syria has plagued the white house and the suspected use of militants is out argumented. with us, dan balz of the "washington post." michael fletcher of the unde

. stormwatch seven is tracking the plunge. good morning washington. toss to eileen - roller coaster ride of temperatures - arctic blast thursday & friday - single digit wind chills thursday - warmer weekend - wintry mix saturday am to all rain today: mostly cloudy. slight chance of pm rain, mainly east of i-95. highs: 43-49 winds: se 5 mph tonight: partly cloudy. cold. lows: 29-34 winds: light wednesday: partly cloudy. highs: 39-46 winds: nw 5-15 mph breaking news in the overnight - the president-elect tweeting new plans for his businesses, when he takes office. trump said he will be leaving his businesses in the hands of his two sons before inauguration day, to focus full time on the presidency. trump also said quote "no new deals will be done during my terms in office". the announcement comes just hours after trump postponed a news conference this week about his plans to avoid potential conflicts of interest when he's in the white house. we're standing by for a different announcement from the president elect. trump plans to nominate his pick for secertary of state some time this morning.

. ms. brawner: how do you bring the balance of your life back in washington state, your family, and traveling thousands of miles here to washington, d.c. to the other coast? rep.-elect jayapal: well, we always say we live in the best washington, washington state. i have to say that on camera. but i think that i have done that for quite some time because i worked with the federal government and with congress on immigration reform. this is going to be different. it's going to be every single week. i have an incredibly supportive family. my son is grown so i don't have to worry about that. he's in college. but it's really important for me to go back as much as i possibly can every weekend that i possibly can even if it's a long flight, because to me it is what allows me to stay connected to the district that elected me to make sure that i'm listening to constituents, to make sure that they have an opportunity to know what we're doing. i'm an organizer at heart. organizers know that giving information, being in front of people, talking to people, to build our movement for the kind of co

news is not on the verge of getting someone killed. that's what almost happened in washington at a pizza restaurant. >> what is fake news and who passes it? >> fake news is whatever people living in the liberal determine to be believed by the right. >> so how dangerous is that and is there any way to stop them. >> plus s there a bias to the left? it's own internal watchdog cries foul. this is media buzz. ♪ ♪ >>> here is what is fascinating about the washington scoop and the obama administration of course said that the russians hacked into if rnc as well as the dnc and held back the matter of dispute. they waited to go approximate public during the campaign and thought it was up late and then the bipartisan of the hill and then the senator majority leader raised the doubts and said that he would do the russians and often the case there's some things in what the cia found. the trump campaign sent a statement. these are the same people that said that sudan had weapons of mass destruction. juning us now for the cover can rage of the breaking story and the trump transition, erin pol

south texas in courtrooms in board rooms. i decided to bring that same fight to washington to try to bring the necessary resources to our areas. south texas is one of the poorest areas in the country and in the state. it needs good representation and we are ready to go to work. >> who or what from your past influenced you to take up the fights you are talking about as a lawyer and now here in washington? rep. gonzalez: i was influenced by my family, by my father. a korean war veteran, a self-made businessman. when i was in law school, i spent a little time here as an intern for a representative from a self testatrix -- a south texas district. internship?t that what did you learn during that time? rep. gonzalez: i was very young and had a lot of fun. i think that is one of the things i was trying to keep in mind. the legislative process, i was in law school at the time. it was a great compliment to my legal career and my legal education at the time. it was my first time in washington, actually. i was 26 years older 27 years old. a long time ago. .t was a great experience i always reco